Part RefineShape
Appearance
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| Menu location |
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| Part → Copy → Refine Shape |
| Workbenches |
| Part |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| None |
Description[edit | edit source]
The Part RefineShape command creates parametric copies with a refined shape from selected objects. It removes unnecessary edges from planar and cylindrical faces.
Original with 11 faces (left), and refined copy with 7 faces (right).
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Select one or more objects.
- Select the Part → Copy →
Refine Shape option from the menu.
- For each object a cleaned, parametric copy is created
- The original objects are hidden.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Many Part objects and PartDesign features have a DataRefine property. Setting that property to
trueis preferable over using this command as it avoids an extra object. - By default this command creates parametric copies. There is a fine-tuning parameter to change this to non-parametric copies.
- This command can be used after converting a mesh to a shape.
- Refining an object may prevent 3D printers from printing unwanted edges once the object is exported to a mesh format.
- Some interesting information about what is happening with placement and how to access by Python can be found in this forum post.
Properties[edit | edit source]
See also: Property View.
A Part RefineShape object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional property:
Data[edit | edit source]
Refine
- DataSource (
Link): specifies the linked source shape.
Scripting[edit | edit source]
The Python command for refining a shape is the following:
shape.removeSplitter()
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